Connecting apparatus for rotary receptacles.



No. 7|5,sa5. Patan t od Dec; '9. I902;

. A o. n. a w. m. JEWELL. CONNECTING APPARATUS FOR ROTARY BEGEPTAOLES.

I (Application filed Jan- 18, 1902.) I (No Nodal.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

UNITED STATES P TENT, OFFICE- OMAR II. JEWELL AND WILLIAM M. JEWELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO NEW YORK CONTINENTAL JEVVELL FILTRATION COMPANY, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, AND NEW YORILN. Y.,

A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONNECTING APPARATUS FOR ROTARY 'REY'CEPTAC'LES.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent 0. 715,665, dated December 9, 1902.

Application filed January 13, 1902. Serial No. 89,598. (No model.)

To-aZZ whom it may concern: I

- ceptacles.

Be it known that we, OMAR I-I. JEWELL and WILLIAM M. J EWELL, citiaens of the United States, .residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, have'invented certain newand useful Improvements in ConnectingApparatus for Rotating Receptacles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying: drawings.

Our invention relates to apparatus for conducting liquids or other substances to or from rotating tubes, pipes, cylinders, or other re- It has special reference to the feeding or discharging of rotating receptacles with which it is impracticable to make connection by means of connecting devices lying altogether in the axis of the tube, cylinder, &c. In the drawings our improved apparatus is illustrated in connection with a rotating' cylinder employed in the treatment of scrap-iron with sulfurous acid. The cylinder being filled to a greater or less extent with the scrap-iron, the sulfurous-acid solution is. introduced into it while "rotating through an axial inlet at one side, and the iron solution forme'd'by the action of the sulfnrons acid on the iron is discharged continuously through anaxial outletat theother side of the cylin der. The sulfurous acid to be used passes from a suitable reservoir or other source of supply into a funnel, whence it is conducted to the axial inlet bf the cylindeiyand it is in the connecting devices by which the funnel is connected with the cylinder so as to form a continuous conduit for the acid solution that the novel features of our apparatus are found.

It 'should be understood, of course, that wehavejillustrated and described our improvements in connection with the apparatus above A referred to simply because such apparatus exemplifies one form in which the invention may be applied and that our invention isby no means restricted to use with apparatus of i the character ;illustrated in the drawings, as 1 1 it may be applied to a great many dilferent uses.

we will now describe the apparatus illustrated.

What constitutes our invention is set forth so in connection therewith,'and is pointed out in the claims. y r

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an end elevation of the cylinder which conparticularly tains the scrap-iron, illustrating also the feed- 5 'ing devices therefor.

Fig. 2 is a side eleva-. tion thereof. a Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional dot-ail, and Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe'flexible connection.-

Referring to the drawings,'5 indicates the cylinder, which is mounted on trunnions 6 7, 1 supported in suitable bearings 8 9, respec tively, carried bysuppo'rts 10 11. a The cylinder 5 is provided withian annular rack 12 on its periphery adapted to be driven by a link belt 13, asshown in Fig. 1. The trunnions 6 7 are hollow, as'best shownin Fig. 3, and form the inlet and outlet of the cylinder. The trunnion 7 extends through the bearing 9, asshown in Fig. 3, and carries a beveled 7c pinion 14, which is keyed thereupon and rotates therewith.

15 indicates a reservoir or tank adapted to I receive a greater or less supply of the sub stance to be supplied tothe cylinder 5. Itis .75

provided with a nozzle 16,which is adapted to discharge into a supply-pipe 17, carrying a funnel 18 atits upper end. r In the construction shown in the drawings the pipe 17 is vertically disposed, being supported by a bracket 18, carrying a sleeve 19, which fitsu'ponthe :pipe 17. A collar 20 is secured upon the pipe 1 17 above the sleeve 19, a set-screw 21 serving to ad-j ustably secure said collar in place. By

adjusting the collar 20 vertically on the pipe 17 the height of the pipe maybe varied. s

22 indicates a beveled pinionsecured upon the lower portion of the pipe 17 and keyed thereto, said pinion being. adapted to (mesh with the pinion 14, carried by the trunnion7,

as shown in Fig. 3.

From the foregoing it will beseen that when I the cylinder 5 rotates the pipe l 7 will alsobe rotated by means of' the pinions 14 and- 22,

. the respective axes of rotation of said cylinder and pipe being at right angles'to each other. If it be desired to vary the. angle of the pipe 17-to the trunnion 7,-it may be ac- .complished by usingproperly-shaped pinions and providin-g'a correspondingly-arranged bracket 18 23 indicates a flexible tube, one end of which is fitted upon theprojecting nd of the trunnion 7,.Ihe other end being fi ted upon the lower projectingv end. of thepipe 17, as

best shown'in Fig. 3. Said flexible tube 23' is plaited after the manner of an accordion,

so that it is extensible a'n'dcompressible'lomgitudinall'yand'isalsoflexible. Bythis means it adapts itself to the curve necessary to its being connected with the trunnion .7 and pipe of rubber or some other material notattacked 'by the" solution; and said tube may well be "made" of rubber inmost instances, regardless of whether corrosive liquid is used or not.

By/positively rotating the flexible connectionthrough powerapplied to both its ends theconnection is relieved of all strain so that would be the case if the powerfor rotating it were applied at one end only, since then it may be much lighter and more flexible than considerable torsional strain would necessav linder."

" rily' be sustained bythe connection.

- We have nowfdescribed our invention as applied to"feeding a liquid to arotating cy- T It must be understood, however, that I it'may' also be employed for discharging liquid or other substances fiOlll'a cylinder. The

terms cylinder and receptacle as'used' by us are employed generically to indicate a tube, cylinder, orjother receptacle or conduit or other equivalent device,

with which it may be desired to make connection,- our invention residing broadly in providing a connectingconduit for making connection between'a rotary pipe, cylinder,

or other equivalentdeviceand another pipe pipes being arranged to rotate with said connection and being arranged at an anglelto.

eacli'other or with their axes out ofalinement with each other.

- desire to secure ceptacle,

' Our invention is not restricted to the spe-- cific devices described except in so far as they are specifically claimed.

Thatwhich'we' claim as our invention, and.

byLetters' Patent, is r 1. The combination of a; pipe, a rotaryrea flexible connection connected to said pipe and to said rotary receptacle, for

providing communication between said pipe Obviously are alter-.

one or both of said;

passage, and means for applying power to both ends of said connection, for rotating it, "substantially as described.

2. Thecombination of a pipe, a rotary reand said rotary receptacle through an axial ceptacle,a flexible plaited connection connect- I ed to said pipe and to said rotary receptacle, for providing communicationbetween said pipe and said receptacle through an axial passage, and means for applyingipower to both ends of said connection stantially as described.

3. The combination'of apipe, a rotaryre ceptacle having an axial passage arranged out of alinement with the axis of said pipe, and

,. for rotating it,.s'ub- ,a rotary connection affording communication between and connecting said pi'pe 'ndrecep tacle, substantially as described ji,

4. The combination of a pipe ,"1a-- rotaryrejceptacle having an axial passage arranged at an angle tothe axisof said pipe',"-an'd a rotary connection connecting said; pipe and receptacle, for"providi ng communication. between said pipe andsaid receptacle through said axial passage, substantially-as described.

, 5. The combination of a pipe, a rotary re c'eptacle having an axial passage arranged at connecting said Pipe and receptacle, for pro viding communication with said receptacle through said axial passage, and means for-ap-'- plying power at both ends of-said connection, for rotating it, substantially as described.

6. The combination of a pipe, a rotary receptacle having an axial passage arranged at an angle to the axis of saidpipe, and a flexible receptacle through said stantially as, described. I

n 7, The co'u'ibinationof a. pipe,'a rotary receptacle having its axis arranged at an angleto the axis of said pipe, a plaited connection connecting said. pipe and receptacle, and

axial passage, submeans for applyingpower at both endsof said connection, for rotating it, substantially as described.

plaited connection connecting said pipe and an angle to the axis of saidpipe, a connection 8. The combination of a pipe, a rotary re ceptacle having itsaxis arranged at an angle I to the axis of said pi'pe,.means .for rotating said receptacleand pipe in unison, and means connecting said pipe and'receptacle, substantially'as descri bed.' I

9. The combination of a pipe, a-ro'tary'rebeptacle having its axis arranged out-of alinement with the axis'of said pipe, means for rotating said receptacleandpipe in'unison, and

a connection connecting said pipe and receptacle, substantially as described.

10. ;-Th combination of a pipe, a rotary re'-' ceptacle avin'gits axis arranged at an angle rotation of said receptacle forrotatidg said pipe, and-a connection connecting said pipe and receptacle, substantially-as described.

11. Thecombination' of a pipe,

a rotary receptaole having its axis arranged at an angle to the axis of said pipe, means-operated bythe and. meshing with said pinion carried by saidtrnnnion, and afiexible connection 'conneob ing said pipe and trunnion, subssanoiailyas described; v p

12. The combination of a pipe, a rotaryreceptaele havin'g its axis arranged at an angle to the axis of said pipe, a hollow trunnion at one end of said receptacle, a pinion carried by said trunnion, a pinion carried 'by said pipe.

trunniomand a 'pIa-ited. connection connecting said pipe and trunnion, substantially as de- 15 scribed.

'13. A connecting device-of the character described, consistingof a plaited eonduc tinqtube open-"at; its ends in ooinbinatio'n'wi'th means forrotatinc said tube, snbstant iallyas -2o desoribed.

QMAR H. JEWELL. WILLIAM Mr JEWELL. Witnesses:

JOHN L. JACKSON, ALBERT H. ADAMS. 

